Originally Posted By DlandDug >>Oh c'mon. Everyone knows that Duffy is gay.<< Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Originally Posted By crazycroc I like what they have done with the Pier. To me it's still only half done. A few more little mermaid-esque dark ride themed to Aladdin, Mary Poppins, Lion King or the Boatniks would be nice. I would like to see the concrete along the side with fun wheel/screamin/TSMM/ and the shops replaced with wood, and really make the place look completely Pier-esque. Still a lot mish-mash, but HUGE difference.
Originally Posted By tashajilek "Not that there's anything wrong with that." LOL, a Seinfeld fan. I would love an Aladin ride!
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh I'm probably in the minority. I wish they had left the pier alone and saved the money for new stuff. I doubt Goofy's Sky School will be much better than Mullholand Madness, or that the Italian restaurant will be leaps and bounds over the old pizza place, and I'm certainly not going to start playing the carny games just because they changed themes.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh I mostly skim it these days, and hope that most of the posters there forget to vote.
Originally Posted By tashajilek "I'm certainly not going to start playing the carny games just because they changed themes." I try and get my Fiance to win me the darn weiner dog! we have a real life one so it would be nice to finally get one! I am offering anyone on lp $$$ to win me one LOL.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Tasha, when Hans wins at those games he turns around and gives the prize to the nearest kid. You should stand directly behind him next time he plays.
Originally Posted By disneywatcher The former Muholland Madness ride should have been fully enclosed for DCA 2.0. But if the DisCo's intention is to eventually tear it down, then I can understand why they did just a basic tinkering with its overlay. There are so many miscues throughout the original Paradise Pier, and only so much time and money to address all of them, that I can easily see why the task of upgrading the area is similar to rolling a huge boulder uphill. In this instance, I do imagine a lack of enough monies is preventing the kind of major, total revamping of Paradise Pier that I was hoping for years ago. In terms of the next priority, something desperately needs to be done to the queue of Screamin' and the concrete pools around King Triton. That doesn't even address the DisCo finally upgrading other things throughout the area, such as the queue of the ferris wheel or initiating the reworking of the facades west of the remodeled carnival game area.
Originally Posted By Moon Waffle My guess is that the next addition to DCA is a new dark ride for the maliboomer park/remaining unthemed shops area. That is why those shops have not been re-themed, and why the park looks so temporary - because changes are coming to that area. I suspect the Carousel and Screamin queue will be re-vamped together, but that may be a bit further out. Yes it needs it, but it just seems like it would be a lower priority. The Sun Wheel queue - I suspect that gets addressed over time, but not as part of any elaborate project. It doesn't realy fit, but it isn't quite the eyesore these other things are. GSS I would guess has another 5 years at least now that they've re-themed it. I hate saying that, but they really wouldn't have gone through this trouble if they didn't plan on it sticking around for a while longer.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Wouldn't it be nice if DLR management were completely open and forthright with regard to the plans for the future of the DLR? That would be neat.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt They actually have been for about the last 4 years or so. Unless that is changing I'm guessing that they don't really have anything concrete to announce yet.
